Catch basin cleaning device



Sept. 16, 1941. K DARGlTZ 2,256,045

CATCH BASIN CLEANING DEVICE Filed Jan. 6, 1941 laye.

ATTORNEYS WITNESS Patente-d Sept. 16, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT GEFICE CATCH BASIN CLEANING DEVICE Kenneth Dargitz, Mount Pleasant, Mich.

Application January 6, 1941, Serial No. 373,337

(Cl. 29d-53.5)

7 Claims.

This invention relates to cleaning devices, and

its general object is to provide a long handled.

device, that is primarily designed for use in removing debris and sewage from catch basins of sewers and the like, in an easy, expeditious and convenient manner, in that the device includes a pair of parallel pan like scoops or buckets having open ends and pivotally associated with the handle, in a manner whereby when the device is rotated in the direction of the mouth or open ends, the buckets will tilt or swing toward said ends to ll and when the device is lifted. the buckets will level themselves or tilt toward their rear or closed ends to retain their contents until manuallyr emptied.

A further object is to provide a cleaning device that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely efficient in operation, use and service. v

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout' the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the device which forms the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an end view thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will beA noted that my device includes a relatively long handle for disposing the device in a manhole to conveniently reach the bottom of a catch basin, and the handle not only includes a shaft l, but also a gripping bar 2 fixed to one end of the shaft for disposal at right angles upon opposite sides thereof, as best shown in Figure l, so as to facilitate rotating the device to bring about its scooping action.

The shaft is enlarged in diameter from its opposite or outer end for a portion of its length and formed on the enlarged portion adjacent to its inner end upon diametrically opposite sides thereof is a pair of arms 3 and 4 that extend in diverging relation from the shaft and are inclined laterally in opposite directions for disposal diagonally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, as best shown in Figure 1, but terminate in straight bifurcated outer end portions that are flush with the outer end of the shaft. Formed on the outer or working end of the shaft are ears 5 and 6 arranged diagonally with respect to each other, so that the ear i' is aligned with the bifurcated end of the arm 3. while the ear 6 is aligned with the bifurcated end of the arm 4.

The buckets or scoops are of elongated substantially rectangular relatively shallow pan like form and each includes a flat bottom 1, straight side walls 8 and a curved rear end wall 9, while the front end is open to provide a mouth, as will be apparent upon' inspection of Figure 3 which likewise illustrates that the front edge of the bottom is inclined inwardly from the outer side wall to the inner side wall, so as to set up a severing action against the sewage material.

The buckets are pivoted off-center or in other words beyond their transverse centers and toward their open or front ends, to allow freetilting movement thereof, by bolt and nut connections Ill, and in a manner whereby the buckets are arranged uponv opposite sides of the shaft for disposal between the latter and the straight portions of' the arms 3 and 4. The outer side walls of the buckets are mounted within the bifurcated portions, and the inner side walls against the ears, and the bolts extend throughthe side walls, the ears and the bifurcated portions, as clearly shown in Figure 3, which like-- wise illustrates that the buckets are arranged so that the open ends thereof extend in opposite directions with respect to each other.

Formed on the arms at the juncture of the bifurcated portions therewith and extending from opposite sides thereof, at an upward inclination, are abutment lugs Il, for disposal in the path of the'buckets to limit their tilting movement, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1.

From the above description and the disclosure in the drawing, it will be obvious that due to the arrangement of the pivots with respect to the buckets, they normally tilt rearwardly or in the direction of their closed ends, but upon rotation of the device in the direction of the open ends of the buckets as indicated by the arrows in Figure 3, they will tilt downwardly toward the open ends to scoop up material, and when lifted they will level themselves or tilt rearwardly, it depending of course upon the arrangement of the material therein, so as to retain their contents until manually emptied.

- It is thought ,from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.y Y

It is to be understood that changes may be made inthe construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A catch basin cleaning device comprising a handle, a pair of parallel arranged elongated pan like buckets pivotally associated with the handle upon opposite sides thereof and having one of their ends open, and said buckets being arranged for disposal of the open ends in opposite directions.

2. A catch basin cleaning device comprising a handle, a pair of parallel arranged elongated pan like buckets, each having side walls, one end wall and the opposite end being open, said buckets being pivotally associated with the handle upon opposite sides thereof and in a'manner to normally tilt downwardly toward the end walls, and said buckets being arranged for disposal of the open ends in opposite directions.

f3. A catch basin cleaning device comprising a handle, a pair of parallel arranged elongated pan like buckets, each having a bottom, side walls, one end wallrand the opposite end being open,

said buckets being pivotally associated with the v handle upon opposite sides thereof with the open ends disposed in opposite directions, and the pivots vbeing arranged relative to the handle and the buckets for the latter to normally tilt downwardly toward the end walls and to tilt toward the open ends when the device is rotated in the direction of the open ends.

4. A catch basin cleaning device comprising a handle, arms secured to and extending in diverging relation from the opposite sides of the handle adjacent its outer end, ears formed on the outer end of the handle, a pair of parallel arranged elongated pan like buckets having one of their ends open and their opposite ends closed, said buckets being pivotally secured between their endsto the ears and the outer ends of the arms to normally tilt toward their closed ends and for disposal between the arms and the handle, and said buckets having their open ends arranged in opposite directions. y

5. A catch basin cleaning device comprising a handle including a shaft, a gripping bar secured to vone end of the shaft for disposal upon opposite sides thereof, arms secured to and extending in diverging relation from the opposite sides of said shaft adjacent its opposite end, said arms terminating in straight bifurcated free end portions, a pair of parallel arranged elongated pan like buckets, each having Vside walls, one end wall and the opposite end being open, said buckets being pivotally secured in the bifurcated free end portions and to the shaft for disposal between the latter and the arms to normally tilt toward the end walls, and said buckets being arranged for disposal of the open ends in opposite directions.

6. A Icatch basin cleaning device comprising a handle including a shaft, a gripping bar secured to one end of the shaft for disposal upon opposite sides thereof to facilitate rotating the device, arms secured to and extending in diverging relation from the opposite sides of said shaft adjacent its opposite end, said arms terminating in straight bifurcated free end portions,V ears formed on the shaft, a pair of parallel arranged elongated pan like buckets, each having a bottorn Wall, side walls, one end wall and the opposite end being open, said buckets being arranged upon opposite sides of the shaft with the inner walls thereof pivotally secured'to the ears and the outer walls pivotally secured in the bifurcated portions, the pivots being arranged with respect to the side walls for the buckets to normally tilt toward their open ends, said buckets being arranged for disposal of the open ends in opposite directions, and the bottom walls at the open ends being inclined inwardly from the outer side walls to the inner side walls to set up a severing action when the device is rotated in the direction of the open ends.

7. A catch basin cleaning device comprising a handle, arms secured to and extending in diverging relation from the opposite. sides of the handle adjacent its outer end,'ears formed on-the outer end of the handle, a pair of parallel arranged elongated pan like buckets having one of their ends open and their opposite ends closed, said buckets being pivotally secured between their ends to the ears and the outer ends of the arms to normally tilt toward their closed ends and for disposal between the arms and the handle, said buckets having their open ends arranged in opposite directions, and lugs formed on the arms and arranged in the path of the buckets to limit the tilting movement thereof.

KENNETH DARGITZ. 

